Elizabeth Coffey-Williams Oral History

OUTWORDS interview with Elizabeth Coffey-Williams conducted by Mason Funk on August 8, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Baltimore in 1970 she met rising film director John Waters, and she became one of Waters’ Dreamlanders. Elizabeth would go on to have brief but memorable roles in Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble, where she worked alongside legendary drag queen Divine. Later, she became a board member of the Rockford AIDS Care Network and a facilitator of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. She currently lives in Philadelphia in the John C. Anderson Apartments, an LGBTQ friendly senior living community, where she co-facilitates TransWay, a trans and gender non-conforming support group.

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Identifier: 2514nk75x
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: OUTWORDS
Creator(s): Coffey-Williams, Elizabeth
Contributor(s): Funk, Mason
Kunath, Kate
Publisher: OUTWORDS
Date Created: Aug. 8, 2016
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Cookie Mueller
Divine
Donna Reed
Elizabeth Coffey-Williams
Female Trouble
John Waters
Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic
Mink Stole
Multiple Maniacs
Pat Moran
Pink Flamingos
The Carry On Thrift Shop
Places: Pennsylvania > Philadelphia County > City of Philadelphia > Philadelphia
New York
Maryland > City of Baltimore > Baltimore
Topic(s): Gender affirming surgery
HIV/AIDS
Trans women
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Moving image
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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